Articles in Category: Bishop Peter Ingham

When a priest I know was diagnosed with a form of cancer, he not only spoke about his ongoing months of treatment but also of how it gave him a first‐hand appreciation of the many emotional and spiritual challenges that any of us, and those we love, might go through, should any be presently...

People who study the significance of numbers find an interesting source for their investigation, both in Scripture and the Liturgy – the meanings of numbers can throw additional light on God and how God planned to save us through sending his Son, Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary.

I first heard about Mgr George Preca in 1956, while he was still alive. He died in 1962. I was in my 1st year at the Seminary at Springwood and a Maltese lad called Carmelo Sciberras joined our class, a month or so late, because he and his mother and other siblings had just migrated from...

Today’s first reading and the gospel celebrate God’s generosity in forgiveness. God forgives David and Jesus forgives the woman. The two main characters, David and Simon the Pharisee, stand in sharp contrast to one...

Once, when on a train to Sydney, I got talking to a young man in his final year of a Business & Commerce Degree. He told me he had his whole life planned already. I asked, “What will you do when you finish university?” He said, “I’ve got a job lined up in Sydney”, and mentioned a...

On 24 April, I launched for Wollongong Diocese an Ecological Vision for Catholic Education in NSW entitled On Holy Ground. God said to Moses remove the sandals from your feet … you are standing on holy ground (Exodus 3:5)....